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0 Kyushu, Japan Earthquake of 15 April 2016

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EARTHQUAKE SUMMARY MAP
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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Epicentral Region

DATA SOURCES REFERENCES

T he Ap ril15,2016M 7. 0ea rt
o c c urred o n eit
hera left -la tera lfa ultstriking t o t
Philip p ine Sea p la t
e b egins it
Eura sia p la te. Atthe lo c a tio n o fthis event ,the Philip p ine Sea p la t e c o nverges wit
T ECT ONI
CSU MMARY EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC HAZARD Bird, P., 2003, An updated digital model of plate
USGS, National Earthquake Information Center boundaries: Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., v. 4,
NOAA, National Geophysical Data Center no. 3, pp. 1027-80.
hqua ke no rt h o fKum a m o t o ,o n t
he isla nd o fKyushuin so ut hwestJ a p a n,o c c urred a s the resulto fst rike-slip fa ult
ing a tsha llo wd ep th.Fo c a lm ec ha nism s fo r t
he ea rthqua ke ind ic a t
e slip IASPEI, Centennial Catalog (1900 - 1999) and
he no rt hwest ,o ro n a right -la t
era lfa ultst
riking no rthea st.W hile the ea rt hqua ke o c c urred severa lhund red kilo m et ers no rthwesto ft he RyukyuT renc h,where t he extensions (Engdahl and Villaseñor, 2002)
EHB catalog (Engdahl et al., 1998)
Engdahl, E.R., and Villasenor, A., 2002, Global
Seismicity: 1900-1999, chap. 41 of Lee, W.H.K.,
s no rthwest wa rd sub d uc tio n b enea th J a p a n a nd the Eura sia p la t
e,t he sha llo wd ep th a nd fa ult
ing m ec ha nism o ft his ea rt
hqua ke ind ic a t
e ito c c urred o n a c rust
a lfa ultwit
hin t
he up p er HDF (unpublished earthquake catalog, Engdahl, 2003) and others, eds., International Earthquake and
h Eura sia to wa rd s t
he no rthwesta ta velo c it y o f58m m / yr. Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program Engineering Seismology, Part A: New York, N.Y.,
Volcanoes of the World (Siebert and Simkin, 2002) Elsevier Academic Press, 932 p.

T he Ap ril15,2016,M 7.
0event(
U T C16:
25:
06)o c c urred o ne d a y a ft
era series o ffo resho c ks in t
he sa m e regio n,whic h inc lud ed M 6.
2a nd M 6.
0ea rt
hqua kes.T he Ap ril14event
s result
ed in a tlea st9fa t
a lit
ies a nd PLATE TECTONICS AND FAULT MODEL Engdahl, E.R., Van der Hilst, R.D., and Buland, R.P.,
20° 20° o ver800injuries. PB2002 (Bird, 2003)
Ji, C., D.J. Wald, and D.V. Helmberger, Source description
1998, Global teleseismic earthquake relocation with
improved travel times and procedures for depth
of the 1999 Hector Mine, California earthquake; Part I: Wavelet determination;Bull. Seism. Soc. Amer., v. 88, p. 722-743.
120° 130° 140°
Seismic hazard is expressed as peak In c o nt
ra stto t
his rec entsequenc e o fsha llo wea rt hqua kes,m o stseism ic it
y in t he Kyushuregio n is rela t ed t o the sub d uc t
io n o ft
he Philip p ine Sea p la te a td ep t
h.J ustt
hirteen M 5+ea rthqua kes ha ve o c c urred a t domain inversion theory and resolution analysis, Bull. Seism.
Soc. Am., Vol 92, No. 4. pp. 1192-1207, 2002.
ground acceleration (PGA) on firm Kilo m et
ers
sha llo wd ep ths (
>50km )wit hin 100km o ft he Ap ril2016event s o vert
he p rec ed ing c ent
ury.I n J a nua ry a nd Ap rilo f1975,t wo sha llo wevent s wit
h m a gnit ud es o fM 5.8a nd M 6.
1-40km a nd 65km t o t he no rt hwest DeMets, C., Gordon, R.G., Argus, D.F., 2010. DISCLAIMER
rock, in meters/sec², expected to be Pea k Gro und Ac c elera t
io n in m /
sec *
*2 o fthe Ap ril2016ea rt hqua ke,resp ec t
ively – c a used injuries,b utno kno wn fa ta lit
ies.Asha llo wM 6. 6ea rt hqua ke in Ma rc h 2005,justo fft he no rth c o a sto fKyushua nd 1 10km no rth o ft
he Ap ril2016event ,c a used o ver
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Geologically current plate motions, Geophys. J. Int. 181, 1-80.
Base map data, such as place names and political
exceeded in a 50-yr period with a
probability of 10 percent. 1000injuries a nd a tlea sto ne fa t
a lit
y. BASE MAP
boundaries, are the best available but may not be
current or may contain inaccuracies and therefore
NIMA and ESRI, Digital Chart of the World should not be regarded as having official signifiance.
USGS, EROS Data Center
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event( 12: 26:36U T C) ,19o t hersho c ks ha ve b een lo c a t
ed ,inc lud ing the la t
estM 7. 0ea rthqua ke. Earthquake Information Center
15 April 2016
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
Map not approved for release by Director USGS